12019-01-24T19:09:34+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11The Last Performance (1929)plain2019-01-24T19:09:34+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bWhen the patrons lock their eyes onto Erik, the film alternates between two matching movements: an apparent crane up toward the patrons and an apparent crane down toward Erik, staring directly into the camera. Although these upward and downward movements look like crane shots, production photographs reveal that Hal Mohr’s crew constructed a platform dolly and pulled the camera up and down a steeply sloping wooden board.
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12018-12-05T01:29:40+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bChapter One: American Cinema, German AnglesPatrick Keating8Chapter on silent-era camera movementplain542019-02-03T20:24:52+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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